Can your eyes give away how much you’re thinking — even when you’re not consciously aware of your effort? According to new research, the answer is yes.
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Oh please. My eyes are naturally very dilated and have been for as long as I can remember. In high school, I used to get called to the office on suspicion of having used drugs because my eyes were so dilated. Nope, never touched an illegal drug in my life (I was quite boring
) – my eyes are just naturally dilated to an extreme. No physical defect – cleared by eye doctors, etc – and no one else in my family has such dilated eyes.
But I can’t possibly have been lying for each and every moment of my entire life now, can I?
You must have beautiful eyes, Michelle!
Even so, you can’t stay all the time with them openned large
What if a person simply analyzes the not very common situation in which he/she is while thinking hard? “A person’s pupils dilated more when they were thinking harder on harder tasks” The person could say in the end the truth but if the truth is not presented in the right way for the receiver it could be so easily misunderstood or turned against you! People are great at doing that, don’t you think? (Joking about how you receive this message! “Thinking hard”… regarding what?!)
Thanks again for nice -interesting articles!
lies i tell you lies! (hey look my eyes are bigger)
It’s actually pupils, not eyes bob.